[] to end; to make sth end（使）结束，停止，终止◆Your contract of employment terminates in May.你的雇用合同五月到期。◆The agreement was terminated immediately.协议被立即中止。 () [] () to remove sb from their job解雇◆They had been terminating people in their fifties.他们一直在解雇五十来岁的人。◆terminated employees被解雇的员工➡ see note at dismiss